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Agencies feel strain of balancing mobility, security
The Army and DISA will release a broad agency announcement this summer seeking third party software to secure smartphones and tablet computers. The Marine Corps is looking at host of different possibilities to secure mobile devices, including a process to verify the software code in apps.
Tags: technology , cybersecurity , Army , Marine Corps , Defense , Stephen Smith , Ray Letteer , Howard Schmidt , Emma Garrison-Alexander , TSA , White House , mobile computing , McAfee , DISA , Jason Miller
NASA's Kennedy Space Center gets message from Hill on cyber
Center CIO Mike Bolger said encrypting laptops and implementing logical access are among his top priorities in 2012. Kennedy Space Center also is exploring how to let employees using their personal smartphones or tablet computers on the network.
March 29, 2012
Tags: technology , cybersecurity , NASA , Kennedy Space Center , Mike Bolger , HSPD 12 , mobile computing , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
Army tired of waiting for new mobile devices
The Army is in the middle of a major rethink of mobile devices, including how it secures them, how it buys them and ultimately, how it uses them. The push comes amid a mandate to find $1.5 billion in IT savings across the Army.
Tags: DoD , Army , technology , mobile computing , Susan Lawrence , Steven Smith , cybersecurity , acquisition , industry , contracting , Jared Serbu
Coast Guard searches for IT efficiencies in cloud, mobile
Adm. Robert Day, the service's CIO, said he wants to consolidate data centers, recompete their HR system and better utilize smartphone and tablet devices. The Coast Guard also will begin deploying long-awaited C4 capabilities in 2012.
March 8, 2012
Tags: technology , Robert Day , Coast Guard , DHS , cloud computing , mobile computing , industry , cybersecurity , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
TIGTA upgrading network to handle new mobile requirements
George Jakabcin, the agency's CIO, said every employee will get a new laptop and be able to access the network through a WiFi VPN connection. More than 80 percent of all employees work outside the office at least one day a week.
January 5, 2012(Encore presentation March 1, 2012)
Tags: technology , TIGTA , IT , telework , mobile computing , mobile , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller , Geroge Jakabcin
VA issues stop-work order on crucial element of e-health record system
The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a stop-work order on a key component of the integrated electronic health record system it isdeveloping with the Defense Department. Virginia-based ASM Research won the $103 million contract.
Tags: VA , DoD , electronic health record , VistA , health IT , contracting , acquisition , technology , Roger Baker , e-health , Emily Kopp , mobile computing , ASM Research , budget
NIST's new standard to bring HSPD-12 to smartphones
The goal of the revised FIPS-201-2 will detail at a high level how agencies can integrate secure smart cards with mobile devices. NIST is considering five options for making HSPD-12 cards work with tablets and smart phones.
Tags: technology , NIST , Bill MacGregor , Hildegard Ferraiolo , HSPD 12 , cybersecurity , mobile computing , Interagency Smartcard Advisory Board , tablet devices , smartphones , Jason Miller
Mobile device pilots giving Census a look into the future
The bureau hired Agilex under a four-year, $6.4 million contract to provide application development and technical support for field workers to use tablet computers. Census field workers will receive one of three different tablets for conducting actual surveys for the bureau and other federal agencies.
Tags: technology , contracting , Census , Brian McGrath , Agilex , mobile computing , Apple , Google , Microsoft , iPad , Android , cybersecurity , mobile , mobile device management , Jason Miller , Ira Entis
Savannah River making up for lost IT time
Phil Cirrulli, the chief information officer for the managing and operations contractor for the site, is improving the national lab's infrastructure to support widespread wireless access. He also is shutting down legacy mainframe systems after implementing a new ERP system.
December 1, 2011
Tags: technology , DoE , Savannah River Site , Phil Cirrulli , mobile computing , wireless access , ERP , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
How innovation can help you do more with less
Host John Gilroy will talk cloud computing, health IT, and mobile technology with Tracey Graves-Stevens, President and CEO of Innoviss.
November 15, 2011
Tags: Federal Tech Talk , John Gilroy , Tracey Graves-Stevens , Innoviss , innovation , health IT , cybersecurity , cloud computing , virtualization , mobile computing , Business process reengineering , network architecture , systems integration
